Originally Posted by
RWBlue01
One thing I know is just how little I know on this subject, but I have several threads running on different forums, talking to doctors, and reading my butt off. (I am also just a little sore from yesterday, so...)
Let me ask a couple questions and maybe I will find the answer to your issue while I am working on mine.
Are you very lean?
Are you eating right? ( Try using Myfitnesspal.com. Listing out what I ate really helped me.)
Are you taking vitamins?
Do you use the weights 3 times a week (regularly)?
What did you decided on reps, sets? Is it consistent or variable?
Are you slowly working up to heavier weights?
When you say you can only do "certain number of push-ups", do you mean under a time limitation (endurance) or just that is it and I need a rest (strength)?
Yes, I have always been fairly lean - which makes for good endurance cycling, but can be a little embarrassing when hanging around a the public pool; it seems like every other fit male these days sports well-defined pecs and a six-pack, but I've pretty much conceded this to them given my impending half- century mark.
i eat very well, lots of protein and complex fiber veggies and fruits, and I maintain a pretty consistent weight.
I think most vitamin supplements get pissed away, so I try to get most of them from food and fruit juices.
I lift a minimum of three times a week, starting with lower weights, and working to higher ones, to the point of exhaustion... I have seen a small increase in weight and endurance there, but it seems to be very slow going.
i could do a hundred push-ups easily 20-odd years ago, but did not pay much attention to core fitness in the ensuing years, and could barely do 25 when I got back into cycling and fitness a year ago. I have worked back up to 40-45, but seem to be stuck there for the past six months, no matter how consistently I work at it.
I was able to get my cycling fitness back up after about three months of training- going from barely-eight miles to over thirty in at time period (I have done a couple of fifties this year). But the upper body strength improvement seems to have stalled out.